Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a573a5da35771e81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:31:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 6d1bd4b7dd7bc24ac529a3c6c6a8afde SHA-1: 109fdd2cba53b3e890021279cda79cdcacea8b06 SHA-256: a573a5da35771e81c30d148bc392a98719b7081e01dd19ef0a933281cbedc7d1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF's structure and embedded URLs indicate it's likely used for phishing or distributing further malware, aligning with the 'Spearphishing Attachment' technique.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=numeros+cuanticos+de+todos+los+elementos+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/64918488690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/febde7628a446795b1ef1fc5cff4fd06/goziwuvevux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ags-sib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35066758790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belean.pl/userfiles/file/puzirotoxelen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andymullinscommercial.com/home/andy/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/talutuliresav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakmoto.cz/obrazky/file/85397889067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db35091951629bfa3f61a395cafc6c76/93783467845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/67851444519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfdjet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2e5b56a4b32df58174dbad6e6231733/29728631055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissrenewbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/lujaresimategelozefaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/75378093442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f7e3180ab6ea1199f12413f6792823b/18552725569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjyhyy.cn/filespath/files/20210817193437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a734edc38c1b788a72352c5176e33c35/3650247416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078629f2ee92---moruzezal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f54fd4f2e8b---toxalemifizaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf83f972fe178e6eab300cca485f22f4/20095230336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5f49dc8143---jixorogipeditexumoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88196acc5173a56ba97e8a5207e09bf1/5335157572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612582fb81150---vavufudogubemama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609420aee8795---3710351723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10857b05a165a8ad727f7f70d92df39f/88100656716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c61e56997cf---33761697157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khonggiansangtao.com/platformecom/img/upload/file/88644505261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0ukh19r4vdc1kr7gvu2rl4hlc/5584583216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3be347ef2cd6c9047af310eb5acee338/dapowosiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d746.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD746 10860 bytes
SHA-256: a1a77c28138119a78c1ec76c2eef229e23265109f9915e741bc2fe8d8f81433e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f054.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF054 17496 bytes
SHA-256: e3037928d018a7a41570575fcfe4c362ca4fe443d560c8944e21247c986daf5d
font_02_sfnt_off00011c9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1